Signage

[SafariVista]

Two doctors opened an office in a small town and put up a sign reading "Dr. Smith and Dr. Jones, Psychiatry and Proctology."

The town council was not too happy with the sign, so the doctors changed it to "Hysterias and Posteriors."

This was not acceptable either, so in an effort to satisfy the council, they changed the sign to "Schizoids and Hemorrhoids."

No go.

Next they tried "Catatonics and High Colonics." Thumbs down, again.

Then came "Manic depressives and Anal Retentives." Still not good.

How about "Minds and Behinds"? Unacceptable again.

So they tried "Lost Souls and foot Holes." Still no go.

Nor did "Analysis and Anal Cysts," "Nuts and Butts," "Freaks and Cheeks," or "Loons and Moons" work either.

Almost at their wit's end, the doctors finally came up with a business slogan they thought might be acceptable to the council:

"Dr. Smith and Dr. Jones, Odds and Ends."

Approved.

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[dmiller]

Dang town councils anyhoo!!

[Sushi]

This is a true story. In Rutherford, New Jersey, there is/was a costume store called The Fun Ghoul. The area has a high concentration of Italian people there. Now, the phrase in Italian means either to go have intimate relations with yourself or make a hasty exit to hades, I don't recall which now.

Needless to say, there was much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth when the shop applied for the sign license. Eventually, the shop won, and the rest, as they say, is history.

[dmiller]

Rutherford sounds like QUITE THE TOWN.